Art like life is an open secret.
Life is more complicated than we think, yet far simpler than anyone dares to imagine
I am quite alone. I am neither happy nor unhappy; I lie suspended like a hair or a feather in the cloudy mixtures of memory.
Everyone loathes his own country and countrymen if he is any sort of artist.
Comedians are the nearest to suicide.
Love is like trench warfare - you cannot see the enemy, but you know he is there and that it is wiser to keep your head down.